Chapter 91 Changsha Offensive and Defensive Battle II

In the city of Changsha, a difficult day passed.

The Xia army bombarded several weak areas of the city wall of Changsha City in turn, and they wanted to fill the moat. Even in the upper reaches of the moat of Changsha City, drainage treatment was done to cut off the upstream water flow, so that the water level of the moat dropped.

Although it is unhurried and step-by-step, the progress of the siege is visible to the naked eye.

If this continues, it will not take much time for the moat to be filled in and the walls to be blasted open.

Ma Shiying finally agreed with Longwu's idea.

In the middle of the night, Long Wu and Ma Shiying were in Tianxin Pavilion, looking at Zhao Yinxuan and Hu Yiqing. Long Wu personally served a bowl of wine and said, "Today's battle, I will ask the two generals." ”

Zhao Yinxuan and Hu Yiqing took the wine bowl one after another, drank it all, and said, "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, this battle will not be won." ”

After the two wanted to salute, they carried torches into the tunnel.

Long Wu watched these soldiers enter the tunnel like the big mouth of a giant beast's black hole, and his heart was slightly nervous, and he didn't know what the result would be when they went.

In the city, there are only Zhou Zhifan and Xiong Wei around Longwu, and there are the remnants of the Dian army.

Forcing these newly defeated troops to carry out the task of nine deaths before the soldiers who have not recovered from the defeat are a little unkind, but in Longwu's position, he has no choice.

At this time, it is useless to think about other things.

We can only wait for the results.

In the camp in the south, Zhang Xuan slept very deeply.

Entering the rhythm of the siege, Zhang Xuan assigned things one by one, he didn't have to worry about it at all, he just had to supervise the following, this kind of step-by-step thing. The generals under Zhang Xuan's command were enough to deal with, and there were no accidents that Zhang Xuan needed to deal with.

However, even so, Zhang Xuan's heart is also carried.

Lest something unexpected happen.

After all, on the battlefield, a small mistake can lead to a complete loss. As long as he is on the battlefield, no matter how smooth it is, Zhang Xuan has never really fallen asleep. Carry half a heart at all times. If there is any trouble, wake up immediately.

Maybe since the Southern Expedition, Zhang Xuan was too distracted, and he slept a little heavily today, but he still couldn't change this habit, when the first explosion sounded, Zhang Xuan was shocked, a carp rolled, jumped up, and pressed his hand on the long sword at once.

With a "squeak", the long sword was drawn in half.

At this time, Zhang Xuan was completely awake, and only heard the northeast direction, faintly shouting and killing, and the sound of explosions came, the distance should be very far, Zhang Xuan could hear it

It's not very clear.

"General." The guards beside him broke into the tent with a large piece of black pressure, and fell to his knees with a puff.

"Stop." Zhang Xuan waved his hand to prevent everyone from talking, he pricked up his ears, listened for a while, and said, "What's wrong with the northeast battery?" ”

No one answered Zhang Xuan's question.

These people, like Zhang Xuan, don't know anything.

Zhang Xuan was only dressed in a white coat, shirtless, and his calves were exposed, and immediately said: "Order, the whole army urgently assembles, beat out all the torches, and light as many bonfires as there are outside the camp." ”

"Send out the scouts on night duty and send me out to the northeast, I want to know what happened to them?"

"Order the battalions to keep the camp, and not a single soldier shall be allowed to leave the camp without my order."

Every time Zhang Xuan said an order, one or several heralds immediately went out. In a few moments, most of these people were empty.

Zhang Xuan was very calm on the surface, but in his heart it seemed that a fire was lit, burning in his heart, making him extremely irritable, eager to jump up and kill people, and the mental pressure of bearing hundreds of thousands of lives was enough to make people crazy, he could understand why Cao Cao loved to kill people in his dreams. Under such pressure, some weird habits are also reasonable, and he scolded in his heart: "What are you still doing in a daze? Give me a change of clothes. ”

Habits change Zhang Xuan a lot.

Now Zhang Xuan is used to having someone prepare clothes for him, wash his face for him, and so on.

Zhang Xuan buried his head deep in the copper basin, and the gurgling bubbles appeared from the corners of Zhang Xuan's mouth, and he was stimulated by the cold water, and Zhang Xuan's last bit of sleepiness disappeared without a trace. He immediately got up, wrapped his clothes, and led his entourage to the top of the highest watchtower in the camp.

Hundreds of thousands of troops set up camp, never one camp, but dozens of camps combined with each other.

Just when Zhang Xuan stood on the watchtower and looked around, he felt that the night suddenly lit up, under Zhang Xuan's order, countless campfires were burning outside the camp, and the Xia army either set up camp as a battalion unit, set up a small battalion, or set up a camp as a military unit, which was a large battalion, and these camps surrounded Zhang Xuan's Chinese army camp in the middle.

And in the north not far from the camp, there are still some dots of light, these lights are the light of the forts, although these batteries are not under the protection of the camp, but they are only more than a hundred meters away from the camp.

It's easy to get noticed in the camp.

Where did Zhang Xuan look at the telescope, with the help of the firelight from all over the place, he found that there were several batteries that were not quite the same.

However, Zhang Xuan was very calm, and once again reiterated the order, asking all departments to be vigilant, and all the soldiers were to be raised, but they were not allowed to fight, no matter what happened.

There are too many uncertainties in the night battle, and Zhang Xuan's order seems cowardly. But it is not impossible for the various departments to survive a few hours as long as they react, with the camp that has already been built, and it is only two or three hours before dawn.

You don't even have to wait for the day to dawn for the Xia army to be dispatched.

The Xia army was not afraid of a field battle with the Ming army.

So under Zhang Xuan's order, all the Xia soldiers were dressed up and sat near the road in the camp, as a bonfire everywhere, illuminating the camp as bright as day. There are even people who are already burying the pot and cooking, and it is obvious that after dawn, the army will be dispatched, and the soldiers will be fed in advance, and then attack.

The shouts of killing in the northeast direction were endless, and gradually there were two or three forts, which gradually fell silent, as if they had been captured by the enemy.

However, the batteries were not far from each other, and they were supported by firearms. In addition, it is not too far from the large camp in the south, and it can also get the fire support of the large battalion, even if there are no reinforcements, with Zhao Yinxuan's 2,000 remnants, there is no way to attack it.

At this time, some news had already reached Zhang Xuan's hands through the scouts.

"The gates of Changsha City have never been opened at all?" Zhang Xuan asked.

"Exactly." Zheng Lian said.

The Changsha City Gate is the focus of the Xia Army's scouts, whether there is a large group of soldiers in and out, such information will not be mistaken.

"The enemy is probably only two or three thousand." Zheng Lian said: "However, the scouts from all walks of life dare not get too close, and the specific number is not clear. But looking at the traces they left behind, it doesn't seem to have come out of Changsha City? ”

Although Zhang Xuan strictly ordered the brigade not to leave the camp, it did not mean that there was not a single soldier of the Xia army outside. On the contrary, the density of scouts is quite large, much more than usual. Relay a steady stream of information about the enemy.

Zhang Xuan said: "Is it reinforcements from the southeast, or is it a tunnel?" ”

No one answered for a while. Zhang Xuan didn't want people to answer, but when he heard that there were only two or three thousand people, Zhang Xuan was relieved. Such an army, as long as they guard the camp, even if they are heavenly soldiers, they will not be able to make any waves.

At the same time, Zhang Xuan also felt that his disposition was a little too passive, and immediately said: "Ma Sanbao." ”

"The end will be." As soon as Ma Sanbao heard Zhang Xuan call him, his heart suddenly became excited, and he hurriedly stood up and saluted.

Zhang Xuan said: "You take the men and horses of the headquarters to take a look, depending on the situation, if the enemy is tricky, there is no need to attack." Just contain it, and wait for the light of day to be captured. ”

"Yes." Ma Sanbao said: "The last general will definitely bite the enemy to death and prevent them from escaping. ”

Zhang Xuan looked at Ma Sanbao's slightly childish face and said, "Be careful." ”